Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Ammocrypta

Ammocrypta is the smallest genus of darters and in many respects is the most
distinctive. We refer to them collectively as the sand darters, though some
authorities would exclude the crystal darter. Morphologically the genus is
intermediate ...

SAND-DARTER, a genus (Ammocrypta) of small fresh-water fishes (see Darter),
whose species, especially A. pellucida, common in the mid-continent streams,
buries itself in the sandy bottom with astonishing quickness and completeness.

A few others of the larger ones have received other names locally, as the sand-
darter (Ammocrypta pellucida), indicating the preference of its genus for sandy
bottoms. (See Plate of Darters ANn SuNrrsH.) Excellent popular accounts will be
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Ammocrypta (am-ó-kriptă), n. [NL., (Gr. auAuoc, sand, + xpvrróc, hidden, verbal
adj. of xpiTrew, hide.] A genus of percoid fishes known as sand-divers, of the
subfamily Etheostominae, or darters. These fishes have a long subcylindric
pellucid ...

Ammocrypta (am-Q-kriptă), n. [NL., (Gr. duHog, sand, + spvrróg, hidden, verbal
adj. of KpiTreuv, hide..] A genus of percoid fishes known as sand-divers, of the
subfamily Etheostomina, or darters. These fishes have a long subcylindric
pellucid ...

Ammocrypta (am-ö-kriptá), n. [NL., (Gr. duuor, sand, + xpvrróg, hidden, verbal adj.
of Kpffrretv, hide..] A genus of percoid fishes known as sand-divers, of the
subfamily Etheostomina, or darters. These fishes have a long subcylindric
pellucid ...